No one had anything to ask Torts. Disagree: “What’s it like having that ridiculous Boston accent and working in NY sports?” “How’s that kid from 24/7?” “How’s Rammer’s jam level?” “Do you agree with Bryz that monkeys are more dangerous than dogs (in space)?” “Can you teach Carp about flash and “Clash of the Titans”? See? Lots of questions for him.

Carp, you should have a contest where the prize is a question to be asked of Torts (by you). With only reasonably sane (if possibly funny) ones being accepted. Maybe not for this playoff run (thought that would be better).

The commish in the house along with the great Mr. Frank Brown, Doc, Edzo (who probably wishes he was at the Kentucky Derby) and Pierre. Dave Maloney with Don LaGreca (Kenny Albert has FOX baseball duty).

totally outplayed this period. This reminds me of game 4 against the Devils in 94. Crushing double OT loss in game 3 (first of the matteau double OT goals) and then they came out and smoked us in game 4 (and game 5!)

Lucky to only be down one. Hank should have stopped the glove side 35 footer. But he’s been sick on other stuff, so, there ya go. Rangers must generate O and must clear the puck more effectively. Also, time for Fedetenko to score.

I think his stick was checked so it forced the puck the point. Unfortunately, out of all the players the puck could fall to, it went to number 8 as he is the only player in the building capable of scoring that goal consistently.

I don’t care what they say about his defense and his drop in production, Ovechkin is still one of the top 5 offensive players in the league…

No, Kreider just spaced a pass to Boyle, overextended his angle and it went up to Ovie. Straight pass.

Rangers play out of the D zone has been bad. But they just need to own this period and it won’t matter. Hopefully they’re not actually whipped from Wednesday, no matter what they said (though it looks like it). Our top guys got 10 more minutes of ice time than their top guys.

There is def momentum in games and our lack of a pp has led to the caps surge so don’t tell me momentum means squat maybe not from one game to another but in this period a good ok or horrific pp has turned this period around

I am Zooey. Torts is a great coach but sometimes he does things that are just stupid. Changing the lines for no reason and once again putting Stepan on the point is just stupid. It has not worked all year.

Yea – what Carp said. Who cares if Bickel’s Bickels and Strahlman are on the ice. Do the thing that wins the game. You have to do what you have to do. Just like moving Artie up on the lines today because he’ dominating. Even though he got beat up earlier.

AA with big game so far. Nice. Gabby comes up big too. They need to go to the net with the puck. Still too much board work. Te Caps are expecting them to always go to the boards first. The second goal was the perfect play. Put it in front.

Finally those clowns make sense! Milbury says 8’s hit should be fined – agreed then they realize repeat offender must be suspended. Then Milbury says we’ll just wait for Shanny to make the call then scure him later – funny.

Go on YouTube. There is some good video of him. Pay close attention to a couple of plays where he shoots a couple of bombs of the pass. Shultz looks like the real deal and is considered the best prospect in the Ducks organization. Too bad for them because I think he will be a Ranger next season and be the power play QB we’ve lacked for a while.

bad calls happen all the time . . .just gotta deal with it . . now what’s important is that the Rangers have four minutes (a lot of time in a hockey game) to take control. . .they have been through this before but if they don’t play smart . . . .well no one is going to be helping them and we all know that

The referees screwed us as usual. They missed a too many men on the ice, a tripping on Callahan leading to the GW goal, and a delay of game by Knuble, and a 5 minute major for charging and a head shot by Ovechkin. Ovechkin will not be suspended, that’s a guarantee, even though it was the same hit as Raffi Torres on Marian Hossa without the injury.

Henrik allowed 2 goals today that he had sight of the entire way, goals that have no business going in on the best goalie in the league in a playoff game.

Refs didn’t rob the game, and the Rangers were definitely not ready in the first. But, you can’t argue that they missed the call when Boyle’s stick was broken. You either call it in both spots, or neither.

I will say this though: for all the crap everyone’s giving to Green, he scored the winner tonight. When’s the last time MDZ, our supposed best offensive D-man, scored, hell took a shot like that, from the point?

What else is new? We haven’t goptten one bounce or call the entire season. I am sick of every little F’in mistake we make ending up in the back of our net. We haven’t made one screen work, but every time they shoot it, our block attempt works against us. Who do the Caps think they are? That’s OUR schtick.

gaddameffinmthuaflickansunuvabeach F EVERYBODY NOT ON THIS BLOG RIGHT NOW!!!!!

“Refs didn’t rob the game, and the Rangers were definitely not ready in the first. But, you can’t argue that they missed the call when Boyle’s stick was broken. You either call it in both spots, or neither.”

They didn’t rob the Rangers, they just dicked it up. Miss the Cap slash, call the Ranger slash, miss the Cap delay of game. All in, what, a two minute window? Brutal.

Anyone defending MdZ and his ability to is nuts! The guy has no shot. None. It is astounding that McD stays glued to the bench all year long on the pp and in these types of situations while MdZ is allowed to fail over and over again. Three god damn blocked shots in one Fugging sequence. Girardi is no better.

Kreider is glued to the bench while Feds and Prust play with Stepan.? Really? And in the last two minutes? Kreider on two broken legs is more of threat to score than these two offensively challenged dudes.

Why was AA glued to the bench at the end? Because he created both of the goals?

LQ was at fault for two goals. The first and third goals you have to stop in the playoffs. He wasn’t even screened.

Really dude, two goals above the circle no screens….enough said. If you’re going to the highest paid goalie in the league, a Vezina finalist etc – you have to stop all the shots you can see in the playoffs. I bet Lundqvist even owns up to it…

seriously, can’t handle the vibe (as opposed to the vibn..vib’n…I forget, but whatever) Off to get carcillo litter and other late post-depression Sat. chores…..later all…Keep the faith!!!! LGR! LGT! LGP! Monday is our time!!!!

Yes they were robbed lol. Not only because they broke boyle’s stick seconds earlier, but also the trip on cally, slash on hagelin not called, and the call itself was marginal at best. They only called it compulsively because the crowd reacted and Thoghr it was going to be a scoring chance against.

that was a phenomenal stick check on callahan and not a penalty. The boyle one certainly was though and they got unlucky on the non call of the delay of game.

The game came down to the Caps being the better offensive team. The Rangers don’t have an Ovechkin nor do they have a Mike Green and that was the difference tonight. Sometimes its a non factor, but tonight the skill players prevailed…

those people saying Kreider should not have been benched after his pathetic giveaway that led to the first goal because we need offense are the same people that think Radulov and Kostitsyn should have played because Nashville needs offense. as far as blaming Hank for this game…that’s just ludicrous. but everyone needs a scapegoat.

I wont blame Hank, cause he sure as hell kept this team in the game, making some great saves. His teammates didn’t help him out in the end. For the second time in three games, a dumb late penalty kills them.

I agree Gravy. But for Henrik, the score in the first period could have been 4 or 5 to ZERO! And yes, Mac Truck needs to be the point on the PP. He is such a skilled player and has offensive talent that has yet to be exploited.

Look the last penalty on us was a penalty, but if you call it there, you HAVE TO call it when the stick is slashed out of Boyles hands

Orr, every game in the Playoffs seems like life and death. Give people a break who are upset and venting. I totally expect them to come out on Monday with a better effort and WIN THE GAME. But, that doesn’t mean I am not really upset about today…

Kreider did not deserve to be benched because he has the ability to redeem himself. And he is young and things like this will happen. And yet that need not have been a goal because Hank should have stopped it. The notion that Prust and Feds are a better option than him is nuts.

90% of this blog gets on Gabby including me for not scoring goals in big situations. We all s ream that “he gets paid to score big goals”. Well,you know what? Hank gets paid big bucks to make big saves in big situations and for the most part he does. Today he allowed two crappy goals. That’s just a fact.

all i have to say is this: if you’re not going to call boyle’s stick getting broken, dont call it when a craps’ player stick gets two pieced. other than that, thought it was a well played game by both teams. bickel did good in his doubling of ice time. i called this series to go 7 , so im not about to back off that pick now.

Torts was awful. he started it with the nonsense that last game meant momentum. then he mixed up the lines to start the game, and they had a sluggish 1st period. then he had the wrong guys, no AA, no McD on the ice in crunch time. Torts needs to step up next game and do a better job.

hey trella you think coaching had anything to do with what happened between the 1st and 2nd periods??? how bout anisimov after torts got into him?? oh yeah.. we are still rolling down the hill of stupidity

I didn’t say anything about a conspiracy. I just have two eyes that work, and ovechkin needs to be suspended. His hit was maybe even worse than Torres’s, and you can tell Girardi was groggy he kept on sayin idk idk idk. You can tell there’s damage already.

What is the deal with Eddie O? Is he upset that he couldn’t crack the 94 stanley cup line up on a regular basis?

I thought the trip on Cally right before Green scored was bad. Cally has the puck and instead of it getting out of the zone, its a turnover at the blue line. Refs probably thought Cally blew a tire instead of the stick that got his skates.

I can’t stand Doc/Eddie/Pierre. Might have to turn the TV volume own and hookup the radio.

I guess I should be used to it by now, but it’s still mind boggling that after each loss we have to blame someone. Hank? Really? Refs, MDZ, NBC too? It’s hockey, one play could’ve changed it either way. And now it’s Torts’ fault too. Just curious, all of you specialists who question his choices of players, what makes you think that you know better than professional NHL coach with his resume? Don’t tell me because you played or watched hockey all your lives, please.

Ok enough of this. They blew this game. It’s now over. Their number one objective heading to Washinton was to at least win one game and they did that. Now they must hold serve and win game five at home. The scoters have to score. The coaches have to not make stupid decisions and the goalie needs to play like the MVP candidate that he is.

maybe your trying to say the hit didn’t have a worse outcome, because girardi saw ovi coming. Hossa’s head wasn’t up when torres hit him. thats why it was brutal. If you put ovechkins hit in the same situation as torres. Its just as brutal. In fact ovi jump way earlier imo than torres did.

1) Carp can you hurry up with the review post so we can end this one…getting a bit silly in here

2) Just watched Ovies hit on Girardi – at the very end of the hit (direct to head…with Ovie looking at Dan’s head the whole way…) Girardi’s skate catches Ovie in the back of his thigh! Girardi will get 10 games on review. Sorry but its true, you just can’t do that in the NHL these days, you must be responsible for where your skate lands at all times.

you don’t know hockey, cuz if you did you would know that leaving your feet to deliver a check is CHARGING. learn the game. and the replay clearly showed Ov doing exactly that. and the refs made the call on the ice, and they called CHARGING. so get a clue

1) beating us at our own game
2) beating us with yet another nobody goaltender

These games are really just way too close. LQ needed to be twice as big tonight as he was if he wants to sip from the silver. This may very well be the best chance he’ll ever get, and the reality is that it’s 90% on his shoulders to be the superhero and carry this team.

Looking forward to at least one more game that we don’t have to hear that obnoxious siren.

I do not like the vibe this series has suddenly taken…it feels to me like the Caps have figured somethign out that works, and the Rangers have only a three game series to figure out how to flip the switch again. It really is hard to believe how EVERY mistake we make ends up in the back of our net within 45 seconds. No lucky bounces – I’m STILL waiting for Hockets gods to reimburse us for the Devils bounce-off-of-the-end-board goal

Ovi gets away with murder and always has. Its almost as bad as sindey in a different way. The problem is ppl are just scared to suspend him for whatever reason. Even the almighty tough mike milbury said fine him. then he realized he would be a repeat offender and suspended so he said no nvm don’t lol.